Primedia To be Disolved CeO Resigns
Primedia CEO Resigns Thursday 5:39 pm ET By Cyntia Barrera Diaz Owner of auto magazines, Intellechoice and other automotive media going away. NEW YORK April 17, 2003; Reuters reported that Magazine publisher Primedia Inc., which is mulling the sale of its flagship title Seventeen, on Thursday said Chairman and Chief Ex ... Continue reading
General Motors Will Lay Off Some Workers at Its Saturn Plant in Delaware
NEWPORT, Del. April 17, 2003; The AP reports that General Motors Corp. will lay off some workers at its Saturn plant in Delaware indefinitely following a four-week shutdown that starts in May, company officials said. About 1,400 of the 2,100 workers at the Newport assembly plant will be temporarily laid off between May ... Continue reading
Hooters ProCup Series Race Postponed
Due to the consistent wet weather in the area, USAR and Ace Speedway have decided to postpone the Tucson 250 presented by Dave's Discount Furniture USAR Hooters ProCup Series race. The forecast for the region calls for the rain to end Saturday morning and clearing throughout the rest of the day. The race has been resch ... Continue reading
Cummins and Dongfeng Form JV To Sell Engines To Dongfeng - Get It?
SHANGHAI, April 18, 2003; Reuters reports that Chinese automaker Dongfeng Automobile Co Ltd and U.S.-based diesel engine maker Cummins Inc have set up a $100.6 million venture to make diesel motor engines, state newspapers said on Friday. Dongfeng would own a 50 percent stake in the venture, which would have the capaci ... Continue reading
Collins & Aikman To Supply Parts To Hyundai-Alabama Without Royalty Payments - Get It?
SEOUL April 18, 2003; Dow Jones reported that South Korea's Hyundai Mobis Co. said Friday it has agreed with Collins & Aikman Corp. of the U.S. to set up an automobile parts joint venture in Alabama. After the joint venture company is launched later this year, Hyundai Mobis and Collins & Aikman will invest a combined $ ... Continue reading
BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Montoya/J.Gordon- Switching Rides
Trading places: Juan Pablo Montoya and Jeff Gordon to drive NASCAR and F1 respectively at Indy Could I borrow your car? Imola (ITA), 18th April 2003. Some cars you just wouldn¹t lend to anybody. A Formula One race car, for example, or a NASCAR. Or maybe you would? On 11th June 2003, on the Wednesday before the Canadia ... Continue reading
AAA Texas: Gas Prices Continue Falling - More Declines Likely
HOUSTON--April 18, 2003--Tumbling gasoline prices continued their month-long downward trend across Texas last week as increased gasoline imports and falling wholesale prices combined to push prices lower, according to the Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by AAA Texas. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gaso ... Continue reading
LA Auto Club: Gas Prices on Month-Long Slide
LOS ANGELES--April 18, 2003--Since reaching record-setting levels in March, gasoline prices have been on a four-week-long slide with more declines expected for at least the next couple of weeks, according to the Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by the Automobile Club of Southern California. A decline in wholesale gasoline p ... Continue reading
JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> Toyota Develops New Hybrid System; High-voltage Control Architecture Increases Efficiency, Driving Pleasure Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 17, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today it has completed a next-generation hybrid system that radically enhances t ... Continue reading
Stu Hayner - Long Beach Wrap-Up
Stu Hayner Holds On To 5th Place In Points After Long Beach 6th place finish enough to keep the leaders in sight Detroit – April 17, 2003 – Making the best of a tough situation, Stu Hayner kept the #2 Trenton Forging/GMAC Commercial Finance Corvette digging and came away with a 6th place finish in round 2 o ... Continue reading
Bandag, Incorporated Reports 1st Quarter EPS of $0.12
MUSCATINE, Iowa, April 17 -- Flash Results Bandag, Incorporated (In thousands, except per share data) Q1 2003 Q1 2002 Net sales $175.3 $192.5 Income before cumulative effect of accounting change $2.4 $1.2 Diluted earnings per share before cumulative effect of accounting change $0.12 $0.06 Bandag, Incorporated today rep ... Continue reading
JB Miller 100 Memorial May 1st
Glacier Mark your calender... May 1st. That is the opening night for the NAMARS Thursday Night Lightning Series at the Indianapolis Speedrome. That night will also be the Inaugurial JB Miller 100 Memorial for the "Might" NAMARS Midget Cars. Also on the schedule will be the Kenyon Cars and TQ's. It will be a full night ... Continue reading
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